[Icom] 706 in Suburban

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Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:26:43 -0500


For military vehicles this makes sense. The antenna will save you neck if there is any 
piano wire layed accross a road. It will bend and push the wire up over the vehicle.
John
K1JEB



John wrote:
> 
> I saw an interesting antenna mounting configuration recently on buses in
> Australia and safari landrovers in Kenya. They have the same problem as
> us, boxy vehicle. Their solution was to mount the antenna in the middle
> of the front bumper and angle it away from the grille.

Todd wrote:

Several years ago while active duty USMC, I saw various UN vehicles with
the same setup...HF whips almost always mounted to the front bumper...
I too had a 'burb and was curious on this but never got around to 
mounting any HF gear aboard...Front bumpber seems like a good
alternative
but what about the legal aspects of it ie blocking view while driving?

73, Todd KH2TJ/6

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